Massachusetts is one step closer to legal marijuana use at events and in social settings across the state, as it begins accepting written public comments to allow people to weigh in on regulations that have been months in the making.
The Cannabis Control Commission voted 3-0 Thursday to publish a memo on its website by Aug. 20 detailing the public comment period, though the CCC has already begun receiving comments. The Secretary of State’s website will post the regulations publicly on Friday. The CCC also scheduled an in-person hearing on the proposed rules for Sept. 8 at its Worcester office.
CCC Acting Chair Bruce Stebbins said they plan to review the public comments and regulations at the end of September. The schedule moves the agency toward considering making the sites legal almost a decade after social consumption of cannabis was first contemplated in the 2016 ballot law that legalized non-medical marijuana…